AFVi News Archive - May 2008

The Daily Industry News is provided to fleet professionals and our industry partners. AFVI scans the news daily for the top stories of interest in the world of AFVs and alternative fuel technology.

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05/30/08: Is Water Becoming the New Oil?, Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor

05/30/08: Congestion Disaster Looms, Railroads Say, Michael Tarm, San Francisco Chronicle

05/30/08: Call To Modify Alternative Fuels Motor Act, Green Car Congress

05/30/08: Despite High Costs, Don't Sell the Ethanol Farm Yet, Editorial, Denver Post

05/30/08: Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Opens, Kevin Bullis, Technology Review


05/29/08: Sapphire Energy Turns Algae into Green Crude for Fuel, Elizabeth Douglass, Los Angeles Times

05/29/08: Feeling Pain at the Pump, Agencies Downsize, Scale Back, Steve Kanigher, Las Vegas Sun

05/29/08: The Secretary of Transition, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

05/29/08: What's Really Driving the High Price of Oil?, Ralph Nader, Counter Punch


05/28/08: Exxon Mobil Shareholders to Vote on Hot-Button Issues, Jim Fuquay, Star Telegram

05/28/08: Aubrey McClendon Tells How to Make $100,000, Don Mecoy, NewsOK.com

05/28/08: Report Details Effects of Climate Change Across U.S., Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post

05/28/08: Conservative Group Hits Senators on Climate  Bill, Jim KuhnHenn, Washington Post


05/27/08: AT&T Greening Up Its Fleet, AutoParts.com

05/27/08: Toyota Revs Up Hybrid Vehicle Production, The Canadian Press

05/27/08: Electric Cars=The Next Mass Market Technology, Energy Tech Stocks

05/27/08: For All the Ecological Concern Economy Drives Energy Use, Jeffrey Ball, Wall Street Journal

05/27/08: Biodiesel Bandits Syphoning Cooking Oil, Tampa Bay Online


05/26/08: Pond Scum Has Potential for Push in New Biofuels, Heather Chambers, Red Orbit

05/26/08: Wake Up America, We’re Driving Toward Disaster, James Howard Kunstler, Washington Post

05/26/08: T. Boone Pickens’ Prediction:  Oil Production is Reaching Its Peak, Elizabeth Souder, Dallas Morning News

05/26/08: A First In Pollution Fees, San Francisco Chronicle


05/16/08: Green Living:  Saving Money with Natural Gas Cars, KUTV

05/16/08: World Oil, Paul Roberts, National Geographic

05/16/08: Companies’ Free Fuel Promises Target Your Brain, First Coast News

05/16/08: Oil and Politics, Richard Heinberg, Truthout


05/15/08: UPS Expands Green Fleet, IGD Supply Chain Analysis

05/15/08: Minnesota Doubles Down on Biofuels, Tom Elko, Twin Cities Planet Daily

05/15/08: Surge of Electric Vehicles on the Horizon, Fritz Mayer, The River Reporter

05/15/08: Greenhouse Gases Highest for 800,000 Years, Alister Doyle, Reuters

05/15/08: Celebrate Clean Coal, Come On!, Diane Silver, Salon


05/09/08: Analysts See $7 Per Gallon Gas Coming, Detroit News

05/09/08: Hybrids Paying Off More Quickly, New Edmunds Data Shows, Bill Visnic,  Edmunds AutoObserver

05/09/08: Rising Fuel Prices are a Driving Force for Change-Away From Autos, Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times


05/08/08: Industry Fuels Up For Environmental, Economic Benefits of Natural Gas, Janna Starcic, Metro Magazine

05/08/08: Transit Systems Travel ‘Green’ Track, Charisse Jones, USA Today

05/08/08: High Oil Prices Seen Spurring Alternative Fuels Shift, Chris Baltimore, Reuters


05/07/08: Public Agencies Agonize at Pump, Brad Branan, Fresno Bee

05/07/08: Peterbilt Displays New Hydraulic Hybrid Garbage Truck, puregreencars

05/07/08: Town Weighs Switch to Natural Gas for Garbage Trucks, Patrick Whittle, Newsday

05/07/08: GM, Marathon Invest in Boston Based Biofuel Producer, Energy Current


05/06/08: Start-Ups Race to Produce Green Cars, Edward Taylor, Wall Street Journal

05/06/08: High Gas Prices Spark Some Fuel for Thought, Tiffany Auman, Coshocton Tribune

05/06/08: Ports Plan Shift To LNG Trucks to Reap Savings, Kristopher Hanson, Press Telegram

05/06/08: Indonesia Mulls OPEC Withdrawal, BBC News

05/06/08: Americans Try Praying at the Pump, Karin Zeitvogel, Yahoo News


05/05/08: Customers, Firms Share Pain as Gas Prices Rise, Jennifer Youssef, Detroit News

05/05/08: Interview with T. Boone Pickens, GuruFocus

05/05/08: The Coming Crisis, Daniel Davis, Washington Times

05/05/08: Alternative Fuels:  Saying Goodbye to Oil, Kimberly Taylor, Climate Action


05/01/08: Hybrid Plug-In May Energize Future of Power, Steve Rypka, Las Vegas Review Journal

05/01/08: The Peak Oil Crisis:  The Case for 2008, Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

05/01/08: Dumb As We Wanna Be, Thomas Friedman, New York Times

05/01/08: Rockefellers Rock Boat at Exxon, Tom Bawden, Times Online